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What are ex-politicians doing this Christmas?
Ann Widdecombe (Con): starring in pantomime in High Wycombe
Oona King (Lab): in training for ITV’s Dancing on Ice
Neil Hamilton (Con): mulling whether to run as a Ukip candidate for the European parliament
Phil Woolas (Lab), Paul Kitch (LD) and Sir Sydney Chapman (Con): joined forces to form Wellington Street Partners, ‘a political and business consultancy’
Greg Pope (Con): deputy director of the Catholic Education Service
How do households hold their wealth?
| Top 10% | Bottom 50% | |
| 57% | Private pensions | 30% |
| 26% | Property | 37% |
| 13% | Financial (excl. pensions) | 3.8% |
| 4.8% | Personal possessions | 29% |
Source: Office of National Statistics
The season of good cheer is also the most lethal. How have excess winter deaths (the extra deaths which occur in winter) varied over the past half-century?
(Five-year moving average)
| 1960 | 62,892 |
|
| 1970 | 53,812 |
|
| 1980 | 39,026 |
|
| 1990 | 34,824 |
|
| 2000 | 34,050 |
|
| 2010 | 27,406 |
Source: Office of National Statistics
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